Pāli Dictionary

animitta

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Part of speech

adjective

Root

mā5measure

Antonyms

nimitta

doctrine

  • signless; free from marks, attributes, or mental images; unconditioned (often referring to Nibbāna, or the signless liberation and concentration)

  • MN 43

    kati pan'āvuso, paccayā animittāya cetovimuttiyā samāpattiyā'ti? dve kho, āvuso, paccayā animittāya cetovimuttiyā samāpattiyā, sabbanimittānañ'ca amanasikāro, animittāya ca dhātuyā manasikāro.

  • Dhp 93

    yass'āsavā parikkhīṇā, āhāre ca anissito, suññato animitto ca, vimokkho yassa gocaro, ākāse va sakuntānaṃ, padaṃ tassa durannayaṃ.

  • causeless; without a reason, cause, or condition

  • (as neuter noun) the signless; Nibbāna (that which is free from all marks and attributes)

monastic

  • without boundary marks; without identifying or defining marks (e.g., a sīmā consecrated without declaring boundaries)

  • lacking genitals; without sexual organs

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